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A serve is arguably a tennis player\u2019s greatest weapon and a fundamental element in the arsenal of any elite competitor. The best serves on the tour blend sheer power with razor-sharp precision, creating a formidable advantage.<\/p>\n
Consider Novak Djokovic, who has spent years refining his serve to achieve pinpoint accuracy, or Serena Williams, renowned as the greatest server in the history of women\u2019s tennis. While these serves are technically masterful, possessing one of the fastest serves allows players to dominate, taking the racquet out of their opponent\u2019s hand and simplifying the game.<\/p>\n
In 2024, the race for the fastest serve is heating up. Young American Ben Shelton is knocking on the door of the men\u2019s record, bringing fresh excitement to the court. While on the women\u2019s side, Elena Rybakina, Naomi Osaka, and Liudmila Samsonova have smashed their way into the top ten fastest serves, showcasing incredible power and precision.<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a> delves into the details of these powerful servers, highlighting the biggest and fastest serves ever recorded in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s games.<\/p> The standard speeds for professional players are around 120mph (190-200 km\/h) for the men, and 105mph (170-180 km\/h) for the women.<\/p>\n Those numbers alone, on average across every serve, are enough to put us into a dizzying spin, wondering how any serve is ever returned.<\/p>\n The quickest serve ever was reportedly hit by giant Australian Sam Groth in Busan, South Korea, in 2012 \u2013 with a serve clocking in at a mesmerising 163.7 mph (263.4 km\/h).<\/p>\n However, this fact is contested. Groth\u2019s serve came during a Challenger event \u2013 the step below the ATP Tour \u2013 meaning it was tracked using different equipment to Grand Slam games.<\/p>\n Instead, former Wimbledon semi-finalist John Isner\u2019s 157.2 mph (253 km\/h) serve in 2016 is the official fastest.<\/p>\n For more Wimbledon features, check out: Wimbledon FAQs, facts and figures<\/a> |\u00a0How does Wimbledon Hawk-Eye work?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Top of the serving tree for the women is relatively unknown Spanish player Georgina Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez, who slammed down a 136.7 mph (220 km\/h) rocket in Hungary in 2018.<\/p>\n The politics of what is and isn\u2019t recognised come into play again here as former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki holds the official title for her 131 mph (210.8 km\/h) effort in 2014.<\/p>\n To add context, undeniable GOAT Serena Williams\u2019s fastest serve of her career was 128.3 mph (206.4 km\/h).<\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Sport<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Blink and you’ll miss it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":54097,"template":"","categories":[1,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/fastest-tennis-serves-of-all-time.jpg",2500,1745,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/fastest-tennis-serves-of-all-time-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/fastest-tennis-serves-of-all-time-300x209.jpg",300,209,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/fastest-tennis-serves-of-all-time-768x536.jpg",768,536,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/fastest-tennis-serves-of-all-time-1024x715.jpg",800,559,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/fastest-tennis-serves-of-all-time-1536x1072.jpg",1536,1072,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/fastest-tennis-serves-of-all-time-2048x1430.jpg",2048,1430,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Blink and you'll miss it.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/54096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How fast is an average tennis serve?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What is the fastest tennis serve ever recorded?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What is the fastest women\u2019s tennis serve ever?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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